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Madeleine O'Dea in conversation with Benjamin Law - The Phoenix Years: Art...

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Thu. 22 February 2018, 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm AEDT

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Waverley Library

32 - 48 Denison St

Bondi Junction, NSW 2022

Australia

Sales Have Ended

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Thank you for your booking.
Your name and booking information has now been added to our guest list, so please see staff at the venue for entry. There is no need to print a ticket.
Doors to the Theatrette will open at 6.40pm for this event.
This is a free event but places are limited. If you or any of your guests can no longer make the session, please use the 'Contact Organiser' link to email or call 9083 8711 to let us know as soon as possible, so that we can offer your place to someone who can.
We look forward to having you join us at Waverley Library.

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The Mark and Evette Moran Nib LIterary Award present: Madeleine O'Dea in conversation with Benjamin Law - The Phoenix Years: Art, Resistance and the Making of Modern China

Journalist and foreign correspondent Madeleine O’Dea has been an eyewitness for over 30 years to the rise of China, the explosion of its contemporary art and cultural scene, and its citizens’ long struggle for free expression. Join her as she visits Waverley to discuss her 2017 Nib Award shortlisted book,The Phoenix Years, a fascinating an accessible account of the birth of modern China and a moving chronicle of decades of courageous political resistance and cultural activism. A vital event for anyone interested in China today.

Benjamin Law is a journalist, columnist, TV screenwriter and author of The Family Law (2010), Gaysia: Adventures in the Queer East (2012) and Quarterly Essay 67: Moral Panic 101. The Family Law is now an AACTA-nominated TV series for SBS which he created and co-writes.

Free. Bookings are essential as places are limited.Includes nibbles and refreshments.

Books will be available for purchase and signing at the event, with thanks from Gertrude and Alice Bookstore Cafe.

Limited free parking* available under the library, with entry from Ebley St.*With ticket validation